Flu Definition

flo͝o
noun

Influenza.

Webster's New World
Any of various respiratory or intestinal infections caused by a virus.
Webster's New World
(informal) Common cold.
Wiktionary

(UK) Dated form of flu.

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Other Word Forms of Flu

Noun

Singular:
flu
Plural:
flus

Origin of Flu

  • Abbreviation of influenza.

    From Wiktionary

  • A shortening of influenza.

    From Wiktionary

  • Short for influenza

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Flu Sentence Examples

  • His place is as busy as a country doctor's waiting room in flu season.

  • I've been told to get a flu jab.

  • Will wearing a mask protect me from pandemic flu?

  • Her head hurt and her body ached from the inside out, like she had the flu.

  • A deeper ache, as if she had the flu and every muscle in her body was on fire, was made worse by sleeping on the cold floor.

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Words Starting With

FFLFLU

Words Ending With

ULUFLU

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Words Starting With F and Ending With U

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